1. Who are you?
Alferwen Greyfinger, umm well, it's actually Alferwen Bysllywd but ummm... no one 'cept me here could pronounce it.
Me name's Alferwen Bysllywd, priest of Laeknir, Mercenary. The two do go together see, Mercs might hit people but at least they are 'onest bout where they stand. Not like people what say they are heroes, they turn on a sixpence
2. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Got a brother, Taf, yeah that Taf, the Balance priest
3. How old are you?
16... and a bit. The bit is really important see? I learnt to count! Ish
Um... Well I'm 20 in meself, but if you were on the prime it'd look like I'd flipepd from being 16 to 20 overnight. Time goes different in Arcadia see
4. What's your height?
Umm, well, taller than I was 'cos I can open doors and stuff! But not tall enough to reach the stuff on the shelves, the best stuff is usually on the shelves *looks sad*
Probly as tall as i'll ever be now *looks very sad.* Still can't reach the stuff on the high shelves
5. Are you a virgin?
Me mam said that that was a really impolite question to ask!
That ain't a polite question to ask
6. Who's your mate/spouse?
No one! You're not asking are you? *looks worried*
No one! The rat king offered me a Poppet mate an all but I just don't see why
7. Do you have any kids?
NO! 'm not even married!
8. What's your favorite food?
I like cheese, which is good, cos the other kids used to throw it at me while shouting "mouse!" so I got a lot of free meals that way!
Right now? Anything that ain't grown on arcadia, that stuff leave a right funny taste in your mouth
9. Have you killed anyone?
Oh no! I hope not, I mean I would have noticed. You shouldn't kill people either, or do anything that makes them die. That's pretty much the worst thing you can ever do. I don't think I can kill anyone either, not without it killing me too... I think this is for the best really...
Yeah. I don't know what worries me more, that I killed them or that it don't seem to bother be much. They were probably going to cause a lot of harm with what they were doing, but I don't know hundred ercent like. Tried to kill me though, so pretty sure that counts agaisnt them. The girl were worse though, I didn't mean her to die, I was trying to save her and gave her the wrong Mercy, worse thign is now I know we had the stuff to save her and we just didn't know it at the time... If I am honest I ain't really stopped people dying what I could have either. Some of them didn't deserve saving, some of them did and I weren't there.
10. Have any secrets?
Ummm... Yes?
I ain't even sure what's secret and what ain't anymore. There are things I don't tell people or nothign though.
11. Do you love anyone?
No!
Depends what sense you want of it really. As family, several. In the "given them flowers" way no. An' I guess in a sort of way people might say I love everyone. You've gotta believe in people, be better than what they are, that they can be good. Cos if you take that away then what is the point in saving anyone?
12. What is your job?
I'm a... umm... what's the word... Stopptheef! Well, if you get money from a job then whenever I have money that's what people shout at me *nods sagely.* I'm also a medical orderlee at the Mercenary's guild but that is not so much a job as they own me. There's paperwork and all.
Basically I'm a priest of Laeknir, been at it 4 years longer than, well, anyone in this city. Priesting ain't all I do though, I'm in charge of the healers at the Merc's guild and I guess I am still a Stoptheef. Bein' a priest ain't really a job though, if you get paid for it then you really ain't doing right by Laeknir
13. Boy or girl?
Me mam said I didn't need to worry about that sort of thing 'til I got married
I ain't really sure that is much to do with no one
14. What do you do to relax?
Umm... I liked playing games, but now Tibia's dead and Val's gone this is not so much fun
Can't relax no more, not been able to relax for years, never got to stop, never got to rest. An now I've got to make sure the right things is done
15. There's a person who's teasing you; what could you do?
Well, I could point out stuff about twigs and rocks, but Mages use words and they can really hurt... So umm... Stick my tongue out at them and ignore them. Or hide if they are scary
Well, lookin' at what I've done in the past I have what Mr Will would have described as a "Blast Radius". I'm pretty sure what he meant by this was that if I get really annoyed then I can pretty much knocked out msot people who are standing close to me. Shouldn't do this though, it tends to get people who don't deserve it
16. Let’s say you have a person who you really care about but she/he doesn’t know about your feelings. How do you tell her/him?
The boys at home used to give the girls they liked flowers, so umm something like that? Not deadly nightshade though...
Well, is it goign to make them suffer if you tell them, I mean the thing in the stories where the hero tells their friend that they lvoe them right before goign off to die in battle is ptetty low as things go. It ain't right to put that sort of thing on someone. I think a lot of the stories get it really wrong about love and stuff. Seems to be the sort that would cause a lot of sufferin' for all concerned
17. What do you regret most in life?
Not doing somethign to stop Talis doing what he did to Tibia, it wasn't nice what he did and I'm a priest of St John and stuff so should have tried even more than I did to stop him.
I made this deal with a fae. I spend 4 years bein' tortured, bribed and pretty much on my own cos 'e wanted me to do what couldn't be done. It weren't a sensible thing I did
18. Do you like your maker?
Me mam scared me and the Great Horned Rat gave me ears... I like the ears, even if I get teased 'bout them
Me mam still scares me, me dad... taught me a lto of things, some of them goo, some of them I ain't too sure about no more. The Great Horned Rat made me look like this, which I guess is a good thing, think you see things a bit different when you look a bit verminy, makes it harder to treat people like they don't matter no more
19. What do you fear?
Rat catchers, cats and getting caught. Also scary people who live in temples and look at me funny. Especially Johnites, except Hippa, because they are not very nice. The things that scare me most now are people doing stuff to my friends and not beign able to do anythign about it again... And I guess the thing people's gods do to them when they call out in desperation... I got alot of fears really, think the biggest is growing up to be like the people in the Wessex arms though, I need to be a better person than that.
Losing what is me, people takin' from me what I am. Either through makin' it so I change to something I shouldn't be or do something I wouldn't do and makin' me think it is the right thing. I'm scared of losing more of my friends, lost enough now, seen them hurt. Probly msot of all I fear heros though. They ain't good people. They do what they think will bring them glory, they ain't honest about what they will do an' they say they is all about savin' people and then will kill those what don't deserve it cos of things which really don't matter
1. What would your character kill for? What would they die for?
Nothing! You don't kill people! Or Even hurt them! Not even a little bit! I am *not* going to turn out like the heroey warrior types in the Wessex arms! Not ever!
That think were you don't cause harm unless it is deserved? Sometimes that will mean killignsomeone before they hurt everyone else. Not everyone can becoem a better person, usually those who think what they are doing is right and good. If your right and good involves hurting a whole lot of people then it probably ain't. Sometimes mercy means killing someone, didn't think that before but now I think I get it. I wouldn't have left someone on Arcadia like what I was if I could have released them from it.
2. What would they refuse to do under any circumstances? Why?
Cut off my tail, it would hurt and then probably be really hard to balance or just plain hurt anyone, for whatever reason.
Declare people to be not people. That just ain't right by no one. You should never lump people all into one group, everyone can be good or bad, it ain't about what group you are in it's about who you are
3. What do they dream about? [Either literal or figurative].
I keep dreaming about what happened to Tibia, it wasn't nice what happened and bits of her went really far and it was horrible and needed to clean it up because no one really deserves to get stuck to people's boots like that.
Arcadia, again and again and again. Everythin' that happened there...
4. What’s their biggest fear?
My friends gettign hurt and dying again.
Probably still my friends getting hurt and dyin'.
5. What single object would they be most hard pressed to part with? Why?
I don't really own much... or anything really.
That letter what Val write me. I did part with it and it were pretty hard. It was the right thing to do though, it meant somethin' to me an' I thought it would mean somethin' to Laeknir
6. What is their fondest memory?
I liked the stories my da told me, they had heroes and stuff, he was good at stories on account of being a bard
Still liked the stories. Their meanign has changed though. The ones that were proper tales of adventure an' heroism are... more cautionary tales 'bout priorities and doing the right thing. Lot of the old story heroes weren't nice people
7. What is their worst memory?
Getting chucked out of the street gang cos I got us all caught. Tibia
I spent 4 years in Arcadia, there were things there I don't ever want to see again. Ever.
8. What or who was were their most significant influence? Expound.
The people in the old stories, the big heroes! I wish they weren't though, I've met heroes and they ain't that nice.
9. What do they believe makes a successful life?
Being happy and not getting caught or getting your tail coaught in doors too often, I mean once or twice is unavoidable though. Helping other people, stopping them doign really stupid stuff.
If you can look back at it and see that you didn't turn traitor to what you were, unless what you were deserved being traitored, cos that can happen sometimes
10. What makes them laugh?
Funny things! Puppet plays! People making funny faces! Games!
I ain't sure no more really
11. What are their religious views?
I'm a Priest of St John, I want to aid the people what deserve aid and I don't think you should charge for it like what the Temple does. You also shouldn't hurt anyone deliberately.
Sometimes Mercy means killign someone, sometimes people deserve harm to come to them but it can be given by Mercy. Basically you've got to look at everything and everyone and work out what it is that needs to be done. No situations are ever proper alike. You must never lose hope. Ever. Cos if you do an' you start thinking that no one is good, no one can become good then what is the point in tryign to stop the bad stuff, cos it is harming those what deserve it. An' I don't want to live in a world like that
12. What is their greatest strength?
I have never once fallen off a roof... wait... never twice fallen off a roof! ...Never twice fallen off the same roof!
I try to see the best in everyone and not assume that they ain't good peopeljust cos of the peopel they associate with
13. Do they have a fatal flaw? If so, what is it?
I'm a really bad liar and really, really clumsy.
Well, lot of the time I am too soft hearted really, that ain't how to be if you need to do the right thing. Often that will lead to a lto of peopel getting hurt
14. Who is the most important person in their life?
Not got anyone else
Well, me mam is pretty important but far away, so probably all the people in the merc's
15. If they died or went missing, who would miss them most?
They'd say "Where's Alferwen?" A lot of account of there being less tripping over and stuff, but probably not miss me so much.
Lookin' at it is seems Nicolaa and Willow missed me enough to try and get me back from Arcadia...
16. How would they describe themselves?
Short, clumsy, skaven. I'm not very good at this sort of thing, I mean if I look in a puddle I see a short skaven with a hat.
Ain't too much to describe really, I'm a skaven, I ain't too tall, got a tail which msot don't have and ears which some do
17. How would others describe them?
That annoying little rat thing!
Jacob's Meme
How do you look different to your player?
Rounder face, slightly upturned nose, a permenant look of good natured cheerful innocence and androgynous
More androgynous, a general look in their eyes of having seen a bit too much
What are your hobbies or entertainments?
Playing games and listening to stories
I still like stories, they have proper meaning and power, you've just got to knwo how to use them
How do you support yourself?
Umm... I nick bits and pieces
I have board at the Merc's guild and food an' stuff, I think they are sposed to pay me and do but I tend to lose the money and ain't too bothered 'bout it
What is your home like?
Guttery, it's a gutter!
Pretty much your standard merc room really, got a bed in the guild
What are your most cherished possessions?
Don't have any
That letter from Val, but it's with Laeknir now
What are you proudest of?
I can jump between two *really* widely spaced chimney stacks! Without falling!
I suvived by meself for 4 years
What are you most ashamed of or feel most guilty about?
Getting everyone in trouble, I mean they all got away with it but they were really, really cross with me, which meant I'd done soemthing properley bad. And then a bit later not stopping Talis killing Tibia, I don't seem to be very good for my friends.
I ain't been a good priest a lto of the time, I mean I tried but I ain't thought it through. Still ashamed of not stopping Talis killin' Tibia though, an' being stupid with Sorrel an' so nto being there to stop then killin' Mr Will
Under what circumstances is it justifiable to resort to violence?
Never, ever, ever.
Basically wherever it will stop mroe people sufferin', where the person deserves it. It ain't what you should do though an' should only be the last resort. Lot of peopel round here are too quick to resort to violence where it ain't needed and words where they ain't needed neither
1. Your character is being announced at the Royal Ball by the most pompous, enthusiastic and long-winded Master of Ceremonies in recorded history. What do they declaim?
"Stoptheef!" usually
There ain't much to it reallybeyond me name and what I do. Not got a list of great deeds to my name or nothing, nor any fancy titles. I'm just Alferwen Bysllywd, priest of Laeknir, Healer of the Mercs
2. Give a 6-word backstory and/or history for your character, prior to their entering play - it is needed for the character bio on the back cover of this season's DVD.
one too many stories of heroism...
3. However improbable it may seem, your character just won a boasting competition. What was their winning boast?
I have a tail! That seems to win with most humans and elfs and stuff like that.
I've been a priest of Laeknir, since he's been callin' himself Laeknir, for 4 years longer than anyone else despite it only bein' a few weeks since he turned up
4. Your character loses a hand irrevocably, and is given the opportunity to have something grafted on to replace it. What do they pick?
Oh! That wouldn't be much fun, can I have a another hand, only not nicked off anyone who needed it? Maybe with claws for better grip. Or I could have oen made out of shiny metally stuff!
I'd probably leave it off if I'm honest. Fake hand would get in the way a fair bit
5. What one impossible thing would you most like to have, be, or be able to do, in order to better physrep your character?
Be able to move the ears, tail and whiskers.
Convincingly age them 4 years from their original physrepping
6. Your character is asked by their immediate superior which one thing they would choose to save from their dwelling, were it on fire. Sensing that a flippant answer is not called for, how do they instead answer?
Myself!
7. Your character was abducted by Nightmares (or local equivalent) on the way out of the Arms, and wakes up in a sack (just as armed as they left the pub). What do they have in their pockets, and what one further thing do they wish they had also picked up from home this morning?
I don't have any pockets, but maybe some string would be nice. And a candle and soemthing to light it with.
I've done this one! Didn't have any pockets, had a holy symbol and nowt else really. Not sure what would have helped me really then though
8. Your character's life is flashing before their eyes. Describe briefly any two of the following: Leaving their childhood home. Losing their first love. The first time they killed. The first time they lost a comrade. Another occasion on which they nearly died. A time they lowered their standards. A time they abandoned hope. Something that terrified them.
9. Your character wakes up in a Militia cell with no clear memories of their last few hours. Given time to think it over, why will they conclude they are there?
I nicked... umm... "liberated" something and got caught.
Lookin' at the way things have been goign probably "was a priest who ain't a priest of the light
10. Your character was obliged to leave town. As they fled, they left messages with a trusted friend. Most of them dealt with religious and social obligations, and put in place provision for their return (or otherwise) - but they found time for one quick personal note. Who is it to, and roughly what does it say?
"im off to bee a heerow. I wil bee bak sowne unles a dragun eets me or sumthing. Hopfilly with treshure and stuff."
I'm gone for a bit, not with the fae this time, don't try to find me, I'll come back